A Change of Plans

After “talking” with my husband, we decided that it is more prudent to fly to see our son and meet him for his return from the sandbox. The cost was not much more to fly. I am quite relieved. I was looking forward to all of the fun of a road trip, [...]

Road Trip!

I am getting pretty excited about our upcoming road trip to meet our son when he comes back to the States.
The way out to meet him will be a “down to business” trip and we will just drive, drive, drive, but on the way back, I’m open to the possibility of taking a little more [...]

Again?

I am having to re-do a Rule for our house-hold. If you don’t already know, by “Rule” I mean like a monastery or convent has, not just “rules”. The Rule consists of the whens and the hows of daily life and ordering it to our good. First and foremost, it is an [...]

Thank You

I would very much like to thank Pame for stopping by and leaving a comment here. She shared a gift with me, a “Friendship Chain.” Because I do not speak Spanish, I was at a bit of a loss, but after some searching I found this entry/translation. Thank you to Esther for [...]

In the Meanwhile

While I am working on that OTHER entry, I would like to refer all you wives and mothers out there to a wonderful Apostolate, The Little Daughters of the Sacred Heart. Please visit them HERE

Bad Blogger…

I’m such a bad blogger!  Since school has started, I hardly find the time to sit down here.  I have started an entry that is proving to be more work than I realized.  I have to tackle it in small bites.  I’ll be back with it.  Let me just say it’s about the need for [...]

The Saga Continues…

I can only laugh…
The saga continues with the house. The kid at the home improvement store screwed up one of my 5 gallon buckets of paint. He put too much yellow in it. And just to make things nice and complicated, the contractor added his two 1gallon buckets to the too yellow [...]

A BUG! A BUG!

That toddler of mine…..
He cracks me up.
Really.
He had a couple of good ones last evening.
First, he’s at the age where he is aware of his elimination. Often he knows in advance…. it’s that pre-training stuff. Last night I had the thought that maybe it would be a good idea to buy [...]

Happy Birthday, We Miss You

Six years ago today, at this very moment, I was lying in a hospital bed, holding our stillborn daughter, Mary Clare. She had been born at home a few hours earlier. She is our tenth child, we had hoped she’d be our sixth born to us alive and well at term (okay, past [...]

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (and a few other thoughts)

Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary!
 

Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God,
heralded joy to all the world.
For from thou hast risen the Sun of justice,
Christ our God.
Destroying the curse, He gave blessing;
and damning death, He bestowed on us
life everlasting.
Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.
For from thou hast risen of [...]

Always Busy

Schooling has begun.
Dear Son was in a car accident last night (he is fine, the car is not.)
I’ve decided it is time to actually hire someone to help around the house.
I’m quite busy now! Hopefully I’ll get into the swing of things and be back soon!

The Three Little Pigs

So, I have been thinking about the fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs. Yesterday, I emailed a friend and she was sharing with me about her preparations for the new homeschool term with her children. Once upon a time, she was a teacher at institutional schools. She comes from a family with [...]